By Age
Infants
Baby Story Time
Baby Story Time is a lively 20-30 minute weekly program that provides an early positive and enjoyable library experience for infants up to 24 months old and their caregiver. Care givers and babies respond together to a variety of literacy activities. Baby Story Time is offered at John McIntire Library.
Toddlers
Toddler Story Time
Toddler Story Time, designed for children 2 to 3 ½ years old, is a weekly parent (care giver)/toddler program in which the child is introduced to short stories, finger plays, simple songs, and learning activities. Toddler Story Time is offered at John McIntire Library.
Bedtime Story Time
Bedtime Story Time is offered weekly for children 2 to 5 years old and their care giver. Children are encouraged to attend in their p.j.’s and bring a blanket or their favorite stuffed animal or bedtime toy. Bedtime Story Time is offered at John McIntire Library.
Preschool
Preschool Story Time
Preschool Story Time is offered for children 3 ½ to 5 years old. Activities include stories, songs, finger plays, creative dramatics, and crafts based on a weekly theme. Preschool Story Time often provides a child’s first independent learning experience in a group of children. Preschool Story Time is offered at John McIntire Library, Dresden Branch Library, Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library, New Concord Branch Library, Roseville Branch Library, and South Branch Library.
Bedtime Story Time
Bedtime Story Time is offered weekly for children 2 to 5 years old and their care giver. Children are encouraged to attend in their p.j.’s and bring a blanket or their favorite stuffed animal or bedtime toy. Bedtime Story Time is offered at John McIntire Library.
Dial A Story
Call your library and hear a different story each week. Dial A Story invites young people to enjoy a 4 minute story told by a professional story teller. Dial in for a story 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 740/455.6933.
TumbleBooks
Listen and read along with TumbleBooks!
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’’ love. TumbleBooks are created by taking picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture books which you can read, or have read to you.
School Age
School Age Programs
Special School Age Programs are offered for students in grades 1-5 throughout the year.
Family Night Programs
Monthly evening programs are designed for families to enjoy story tellers, musicians, magicians, dancers, singers and other special performers at these evening programs presented in the auditorium of John McIntire Library at 6:30 PM.
Summer Reading
2007 Summer Reading at all 6 public libraries in Muskingum County
Children’s Summer Reading – The Most FUN Under the Sun!
Teen Summer Reading – Chill Out @ your library
Registration opens June 11. The 6 week program runs the week of June 18 through the week of July 23. LAST DAY of Summer Reading – Saturday, July 28, 2007.
This 6 week read-for-fun program has something for everybody in the family.
Children set a reading goal, attend optional weekly programs, earn incentives as they read their way to their goal, and get a FREE paperback book when they reach their goal.
Teens set a reading goal, can register to participate in cool programs with other teens from all over Muskingum County, earn prizes, register for prizes each time they read a book and select a FREE paperback book when they reach their goal.
Book Bags to Go! is a Summer Reading program for busy adults. The library selects books for a bag filled with Mysteries, Romance, Westerns, or Science Fiction. You check out the bag filled with the category you are interested in reading. Return the books when you have read them and keep the Book Bag!
Teens
Teen Programs
Throughout the year the library presents cool programs just for teens. Check the calendar page for upcoming programs. Have a great idea for a program? Come to the next Teen Council meeting or contact our Reference Department.
Summer Reading
2007 Summer Reading at all 6 public libraries in Muskingum County
Children’s Summer Reading – The Most FUN Under the Sun!
Teen Summer Reading – Chill Out @ your library
Registration opens June 11. The 6 week program runs the week of June 18 through the week of July 23. LAST DAY of Summer Reading – Saturday, July 28, 2007.
This 6 week read-for-fun program has something for everybody in the family.
Children set a reading goal, attend optional weekly programs, earn incentives as they read their way to their goal, and get a FREE paperback book when they reach their goal.
Teens set a reading goal, can register to participate in cool programs with other teens from all over Muskingum County, earn prizes, register for prizes each time they read a book and select a FREE paperback book when they reach their goal.
Book Bags to Go! is a Summer Reading program for busy adults. The library selects books for a bag filled with Mysteries, Romance, Westerns, or Science Fiction. You check out the bag filled with the category you are interested in reading. Return the books when you have read them and keep the Book Bag!
Adult
Book Discussions
The library leads book discussion programs throughout the year at the library and at special locations in the community. A variety of titles are discussed including mysteries, bestsellers, true crime, memoirs and non fiction. Free copies of the selected title are loaned to program participants. Registration is required and limited. Contact our Reference Department at 740/453.0391, ext. 116 or 132 for more information. Join area readers in these lively discussions.
A Prayer for the Night, Thursday, March 22, 2007, 6:30 p.m. – John McIntire Library
You’ve Got To Read This Book, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 – All 6 public libraries
The Bright Forever, Tuesday, April 24, 6:30 p.m. – John McIntire Library
The Measure of a Man, Thursday, April 26, 2007 – Zak’s Restaurant
Weird Ohio, Thursday, May 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m. – John McIntire Library
Depraved, Thursday, August 9, 6:30 p.m. – John McIntire Library
Friday Night Lights, Saturday, September 15, 2007 – John McIntire Library
Lady and the Panda, Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:30 p.m. – John McIntire Library
Book Bags to Go!
A Summer Reading program for busy adults. The library selects books for a bag filled with Mysteries, Romance, Westerns, or Science Fiction. You check out the bag filled with the category you are interested in reading. Return the books when you have read them and keep the Book Bag!
Winter Reading
Winter Reading is open to area adults and is offered at all 6 public libraries in Muskingum County. Each time you read and record a book we mark a letter off your “SNOW” registration card. Once you have melted the SNOW (recorded 4 books), you receive a FREE prize while supplies last. Also register for prizes each time you attend a library program.
Online Book Clubs
Join our Online Book Clubs and start reading books in your e-mail. Give us 5 minutes each day, Monday through Friday, we’ll send you a portion of a chapter to read. After you’ve read 2 or 3 complete chapters from a book, we’ll start sending you a new book.
If you’d like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week we feature new books.
Sign up today. Start reading tomorrow!
